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Game #1419

Aston Villa

9-4-12, 22 PTS

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Saturday, 21 January 1928

19th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 1 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Teddy Bowen and Dicky York replace Tommy Mort and Reg Chester.

Not recorded

  • Goalless at the break, Arthur Dorrell scores one and creates one as Villa score three second half goals to beat Arsenal at Highbury.

  • Billy Cook scores his eighteenth goal of the season but his first since Christmas Eve.

  • Villa record a first League win of 1928 and only their second in nine games to make it nine wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their twenty five division one games.

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Won

3-0

🟩 21 Jan 1928, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 60' | Tommy Smart | 70' | Billy Cook | 87' |

Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 60' | Arthur Dorrell | 87' |

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Walker
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Tommy Smart, pen
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 3-0, Billy Cook, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-3 Aston Villa

Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 21 January 1928

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Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: George Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury, 1927-1939
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: George Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury, 1927-1939

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934

🕒 69 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 11 🟥 30 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Ben Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

2

2

🥅

7

FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

92

92

🔥

0

0

🟩

44

🟨

14

🟥

34

CB Vic Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

139

139

🔥

1

2

🟩

63

🟨

28

🟥

48

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

272

272

🔥

8

10

🟩

120

🟨

56

🟥

96

FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

304

304

🔥

2

2

🟩

135

🟨

61

🟥

108

M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

48

48

🔥

2

4

🟩

22

🟨

9

🟥

17

W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

342

342

🔥

50

109

🟩

144

🟨

74

🟥

124

W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

294

294

🔥

60

89

🟩

127

🟨

64

🟥

103

F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

24

24

🔥

10

0

🟩

10

🟨

4

🟥

10

F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

38

38

🔥

27

3

🟩

17

🟨

6

🟥

15

CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

325

325

🔥

183

43

🟩

141

🟨

73

🟥

111

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Arsenal

10-6-8, 26 PTS

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Highbury

Attendance: 32,505

Lewis
Parker
Cope
Baker
Butler
John
Hulme
Blyth
Brain
Barley
Hoar

Herbert Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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